Petersburg Pilot -

Petersburg Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht reported to the Petersburg Borough Assembly at its regular meeting Monday evening on several topics including the trial commingled recycling program.

“This program is off to a great start,” Giesbrecht said. “Over 1,100 pounds of recycling was picked up by Petersburg Indian Association in the first week.”

The program is in the second week of a six week trial and it is already off to a good start.

According to Petersburg Borough Public Works Director Karl Hagerman, he is hoping to offset some of the costs for solid waste disposal by recycli...